Influenza Infections after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Risk Factors, Mortality, and the Effect of Antiviral Therapy
Author(s) -
W. Garrett Nichols,
Katherine A. Guthrie,
Lawrence Corey,
Michael Boeckh
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/425004
Subject(s) - medicine , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , pneumonia , transplantation , stem cell , immunology , hematopoietic cell , hematopoietic stem cell , haematopoiesis , intensive care medicine , genetics , biology
Community-acquired respiratory viruses, such as influenza virus, are thought to be major causes of morbidity and mortality in patients who had undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Risk factors for acquisition, progression to pneumonia, and the effect of antiviral therapy are unknown.
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